O'Gorman has gone 10-0 against Brookings recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The O'Gorman Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Brookings Bobcats at 5:00 p.m. Brookings took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on O'Gorman, who comes in off a win.
O'Gorman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Watertown, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (O'Gorman was ranked 16th). O'Gorman came out on top in a nail-biter against Watertown on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
In the three sets O'Gorman was on fire: they won each by at least eight points. The final score came out to 25-27, 15-25, 25-12, 25-13, 15-7.
While Brookings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 14-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came up short against Brandon Valley on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 30-28, 25-13, 25-15.
O'Gorman pushed their record up to 6-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Brookings, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Everything went O'Gorman's way against Brookings in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as O'Gorman made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for O'Gorman since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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